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Meanwhile In Teabagistan….

Are we even surprised? Details.

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VIRGINA: Democrats Issue Attack Ad Against Gov Candidate Ken Cuccinelli

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VIRGINIA: GOP Nominates Anti-Gay Crackpot To Be Lieutenant Governor

This weekend the Virginia Republican Party officially nominated vicious anti-gay activist E.W. Jackson to be Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s running mate in the November gubernatorial race. Today Right Wing Watch posted a recap of statements by Jackson, many of which have appeared here on JMG over the last two years.  RWW writer Brian Tashman: Jackson on gays and lesbians: Referred …

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Federal Court Refuses Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli’s Bid To Uphold Ban On Sodomy

The Fourth District Court of Appeals has slapped down Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s last ditch ploy to keep sodomy illegal. Via Washington Blade: In an action that surprised some court observers, the order says none of the court’s judges requested a poll among themselves to determine which, if any of them, favored Cuccinelli’s request for an en banc rehearing …

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Asked: Have You Or Your Staffers Committed Sodomy?

This week Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed yet another federal appeal in support of his state’s ban on sodomy.  But his campaign won’t respond to a Mother Jones inquiry as to whether Cucinnelli or his staffers have ever committed sodomy themselves. Cuccinelli, who is running to be Virginia’s next governor, recently petitioned a federal court to reverse its ruling …

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VIRGINIA: AG Ken Cuccinelli Asks Appeals Court To Uphold Sodomy Ban

Last month I reported: Over the objections of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (who is running for governor), yesterday a federal appeals court overturned Virginia’s ban on sodomy. The ruling arose from the conviction of a man who had solicited oral sex from a 17 year-old girl.  The appeals court said that the state should prosecute unlawful sex between adults and …

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Feds Overturn Virginia’s Sodomy Law

Over the objections of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (who is running for governor), yesterday a federal appeals court overturned Virginia’s ban on sodomy. The majority ruled that Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” anti-sodomy provision is unconstitutional in light of a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating state laws that make sexual activity between consenting adults crimes. “It is shameful that Virginia …

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VIRGINIA: State Board Allows Adoption Agencies To Discriminate Against Gays

The Virginia Board of Social Services has voted 5-1 to allow adoption agencies to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and political beliefs. Board chairwoman Bela Sood noted before the decision that while society considers a mother and a father “a normal parenting unit,” scientific evidence doesn’t support some religious and conservative groups’ claims that they make better parents …

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Rick Perry: If Elected I’ll Issue An Executive Order To Overturn Obamacare

Even douchebag VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who is party to the coming Supreme Court case, can’t believe him.(Via – Igor Volsky)

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Ken Cuccinelli On Bin Laden

I don’t get it.

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VIRGINIA: King & Spalding Fired By AG Ken Cuccinelli For DOMA “Weakness”

Notoriously anti-gay Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has fired the Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding for backing out of the DOMA cases. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has ended his office’s relationship with the law firm that earlier this week said it would not represent the House of Representatives in its case supporting the Defense of Marriage Act. In …

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VIRGINIA: State Board Votes 7-2 Against Allowing Gay Couples To Adopt

Following the advice of anti-gay Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a state board has voted 7-2 against allowing gay couples to adopt. The State Board of Social Services has voted overwhelmingly against new adoption rules that some say would allow same-sex couples to adopt in the state for the first time. In a 7-2 vote Wednesday afternoon, the board opted …

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VIRGINIA: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli To Block Gay Adoption Regulation

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cucinelli has announced that he will block a proposed regulation banning religious discrimination against adoptive gay parents. Cuccinelli’s office said in a memo dated Tuesday that the proposal to be considered by the State Board of Social Services as early as next week “does not comport with applicable state law and public policy.” “Therefore the State …

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: God Put Me
In Office To Fight Barack Obama

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: Christian Celebrations Are OK On Public Property

Saying that he has divined the original intent of the writers of the U.S. Constitution, teabagger Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has decreed (PDF) that Christians may now use public property, included their government offices, to declare and celebrate their faith. The Liberty Counsel exults: In a detailed opinion, Cuccinelli shed light on the original intent of both the United …

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Quote Of The Day – Ken Cuccinelli

“Now, Americans endlessly debate the meaning of each part of the Constitution. But one thing that every American should be able to agree on, if you think in terms of Venn Diagrams–I was an engineer before I was a lawyer, so I do things like this–the circle of power that represents federal power under the Constitution must be entirely within …

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Within An Hour Of Its Signing, Virginia AG Cuccinelli Has Filed Suit To Block HCR Bill

With the ink from the president’s pen still wet on the document, Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli has filed the first (PDF) of an expected many suits to block health care reform from being implemented in his state.

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: Gays Are A Detriment To Our Culture

 

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli: I’m Suing The Feds Over Health Care Reform

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has announced that he will be suing the federal government to block the implementation of the health care reform bill in his state. Cuccinelli has long said he was examining the legal issues and suggested he would likely file suit. Brian Gottstein, a spokesman for the office, said this afternoon that a lawsuit is now …

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Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli Is A Birther

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was recorded discussing how to strike down federal laws signed by the president on the basis on his not being a U.S. citizen. Cuccinelli recently ordered state universities to rescind their LGBT employment protections.

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